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| Kanagawa governor doesn't want nuclear carrier |
| 2005-12-03 |
| Kanagawa Gov Shigefumi Matsuzawa said Saturday he will continue to seek the deployment of a conventional aircraft carrier at the U.S. naval base in Yokosuka in the prefecture, despite the announcement that the nuclear-powered George Washington will be stationed there from 2008. He said he will continue to ask the Japanese and U.S. governments to deploy a conventional aircraft carrier, in addition to requesting settlement of the noise issue caused by carrier-based planes. The U.S. Navy announced Friday that the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier George Washington will replace the conventional flattop Kitty Hawk, which uses the Yokosuka base as its home port, in 2008. |
| Posted by:Pappy |
| #10 The Pentagon wanted wanted to retire the Kennedy in 2006. But there is a lot of poltical opposition to it, so the decision is still in the air. I think the original plan was to keep the Kennedy till around 2020, so she still has a lot of life left in her. |
| Posted by: ed 2005-12-03 17:38 |
| #9 The JFK was still afloat as of this year; I was onboard this past May for Fleet Week 2005. |
| Posted by: Edward Yee 2005-12-03 17:24 |
| #8 Damn right 3dc, where are the 2 or 3 Japanese carriers to protect their sea lanes? Just don't name them the Kaga and Akagi, OK? |
| Posted by: ed 2005-12-03 17:04 |
| #7 So, I take it, the Govenor and his electorate are going to build and pay for a modern non-nuke carrier to give to the US to be stationed there? When is the delivery date? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2005-12-03 13:59 |
| #6 pics from the decommissioning of the Constellation. The ship's crew actually sponsored one of my Little League teams (back in the late 60's early 70's olden days). Very cool - we got tours of the ship |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-12-03 13:39 |
| #5 IIRC - the Connie was decommisioned here in SD last year for mothballs and I seem to recall the JFK and Kitty Hawk destined for same, if not done already on JFK |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-12-03 13:17 |
| #4 And the governor of Kanagawa will be politely ignored. The Japanese are really good at that sort of thing. |
| Posted by: gromky 2005-12-03 13:16 |
| #3 Three still in service: Kitty Hawk, Constellation, and John F. Kennedy. Details here. |
| Posted by: Mike 2005-12-03 12:50 |
| #2 Do we have any conventional powered carriers any more? |
| Posted by: Steve White 2005-12-03 12:43 |
| #1 Mr. Matsuzawa ought to know the Chinese have long memories; grandchildren of grandchildren of victims of Japanese atrocities in the 1930's & 1940's will not be unlikely to seek payback if the situation presents. US carrier George Washington is one way to help keep things cool another generation. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2005-12-03 11:35 |